It was reported by Pattaya crime News via their Facebook account that there was some strange goings on at Pattaya police station.

After an Iranian man was apparently caught red handed attempting to pull a fast one trying to file a false report of a theft of the amount of 160,000 baht but was allowed to walk free.

The Iranian man was picked up from the station by a friend and drove off on the back of a motorcycle according to reports.

The post alleged that the Iranian man was acting as a tour guide for people from his own country and initially told officers at the station that he was robbed of $4,800 that he was looking after for the group.

When police began to question the man details from his account of what happened didn’t seem to tally up leading officers to press further for information.

Officer’s suspicions grew after the man’s wife told them that he was deeply in debt and he used illegal loan providers.

The police eventually got to the bottom of the matter after pressing him further the man admitted that he had made the whole thing up and had used the money from the tour group to pay off his debts and made up the lie about being robbed to cover up his deception.

Officers subjected the alleged tour guide to a drugs test where he tested positive for marijuana use.

Pattaya crime news reported that soon after a friend of the Iranian man arrived and despite lying to the police and testing positive for marijuana the man was allowed to walk free to the confusion of many who commented online.

When asked by reporters officers stated that the case was “unclear” and no official report was filed by the Iranian man so he was not remanded, they said if reporters wished to know more they needed to speak to the station chief.